My twelve-year-old daughter is darker than her cousins and they make comments that hurt her and I do not know how to address colorism within our own extended family.
More people experience this than they realize.
The parent must protect their child from harm that comes from within the very community that should provide unconditional acceptance and belonging.
“Where Are You with African communal parenting traditions?”
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